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RBC’s Borealis AI institute snags Washington State University professor

Bradly Shankar November 1, 2017

Borealis AI, an RBC Institute for Research in artificial intelligence, has announced that it has hired on professor Matthew…

Douglas Soltys November 1, 2017

Toronto-based innovation hub MaRS announced a new partnership today that will expand its presence to New York City. Partnering…

Aeman Ansari November 1, 2017

The New Brunswick Social Policy Research Network and the University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Business Administration…

Aeman Ansari November 1, 2017

SHM Controls Inc. (SHM), a Vancouver-based smart heating system provider, announced that it has closed $800,000 in funding,…

Aeman Ansari November 1, 2017

TechTO held its first MarketingTO event earlier this month to encourage startups to go beyond traditional boundaries and focus…

Startup Canada October 31, 2017

Failure is a right of passage for entrepreneurs. For Katrina Carroll-Foster, the knowledge gained by closing her first business…

Sameer Chhabra October 31, 2017

US-based e-commerce giant Amazon lobbied Canada’s Liberal government more than any other tech company in the last 12 months.…

Jeff Goldenberg October 31, 2017

It appears that Canada and Bernie Sanders share a mutual appreciation. With all eyes focused south in 2016 on the US election…

Douglas Soltys October 31, 2017

Toronto-based Vector Institute announced today that it has effectively doubled its faculty of AI researchers. The non-profit…

Aeman Ansari October 31, 2017

Every day, BetaKit tracks innovation funding news from across Canada. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…

Sameer Chhabra October 30, 2017

Facebook’s forthcoming changes to promote better ad transparency and accountability are coming to Canada first. As of…

Bradly Shankar October 30, 2017

Technology can power many things nowadays, but even the top-of-the-line electronics can take a while to fully charge. However,…

Tom Emrich October 30, 2017

Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…

Vitaly Pecherskiy October 30, 2017

Reduce Startup Risks (RSR) is a video interview series aimed at helping Canadian tech startups scale quickly & with ease.…

Douglas Soltys October 30, 2017

There’s an ongoing fight for control between our tech and political bodies. While the AI community is currently grasping…